Chapter 84: 84 young master, don’t be impulsive
The reed marsh was dense and thick, perhaps even concealing rabbits within.
Following the direction of the sound, Ye Jiu carefully parted the obstructing dry reeds with her hands and moved forward with light steps.
However, when she finally broke through the barriers and reached the source of the noise, her heart nearly leapt out of her chest in fright.
The thing making the noise wasn’t a rabbit at all, but a large living person!
The person was clad in a black robe with golden trim, one hand clutching a blood-drenched chest, half-kneeling amidst the reeds scattered with dead branches. Fresh blood dripped around the knees, and coupled with an almost flawlessly handsome face, there was a sense of desolation and a morbid beauty.
Beautiful things are liked by everyone, but the handsome person before her was no angel, but rather a death-dealing demon.
So, Ye Jiu immediately thought of turning around and leaving.
“Stop there.” A weak voice came from behind her, yet it carried an undeniable authority.
Ye Jiu involuntarily stopped in her tracks.
She truly wanted to ignore the person behind her and run away, but alas, her legs were not quite obedient; they wouldn’t move, and instead shuddered uncontrollably.
Ye Jiu sighed heavily, trying to calm herself as much as possible, and looked back with a bitter and pitiable expression, “This… young master, I… I’m just an ordinary kid!” So please, can you stop scaring a child?
“Come here.” Sikong Mo had used Ye Jiu’s “repair liquid” and his wounds had originally healed nicely, but he hadn’t expected the assassins to catch up to him and Si Nan while Si Bei was away contacting people.
Sikong Mo, having been seriously injured already, was attacked again, and outmatched, he and Si Nan were forced to split up.
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Fortunately, Sikong Mo’s qinggong skills were good, and by pressing on with qinggong, he had evaded his pursuers, hiding for a day and a night, and finally shaking off the assassins so he could rest a while.
Now, Sikong Mo had completely run out of strength, and without someone’s help, it was likely he would meet King Yan before the assassins could catch up to him.
Ye Jiu, already frightened, trembled even more at Sikong Mo’s command. She turned back to see Sikong Mo frowning deeply and started to estimate her chances of successfully running away.
Eyeing the distance between herself and the man, which was several steps, and considering his severe injuries, she thought that if she ran forward, he probably wouldn’t be able to catch her.
As soon as the idea formed in her mind, Ye Jiu sprang into action, not even caring for the two fish she had just caught. Dropping the fish, she bolted.
Yet, as a swooshing sound whizzed by, Ye Jiu instinctively sensed danger. The next moment, a flash of light flew past her ear at the speed of light, severing a strand of her hair which she had brushed up while running, and embedded itself in the ground directly in the path of her attempted escape.
Looking at the long sword on the ground, Ye Jiu clutched her neck in shock.
By a hair’s breadth, it had been her neck instead of a strand of hair that was almost severed!
“Come here, don’t make me say it a second time.” Sikong Mo’s voice sounded again, this time with a hint of weakness tinted with a colder edge.
Ye Jiu really wanted to say that he had actually already repeated himself, but of course, she didn’t dare. And so, she turned back around, flashing a big, forced smile, “Young master, I have no ill intentions, I just saw you were seriously injured and wanted to go back and get medicine to save you. Impulse is the devil, let’s not be impulsive, please, let’s all stay calm!”